Part 1, Turning Pretty: Chapters 1-5 Summary

Uglies is the first in a trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. This novel is set in a future world after the destruction of civilization due to a sudden absence of oil.

Tally Youngblood misses her best friend, Peris, who has recently been given the operation to turn pretty and moved to New Pretty Town. Tally decides to visit Peris in New Pretty Town, sneaking into the forbidden area as she and Peris used to do as children. Tally makes her way through the park that was once the limit to how far she and Peris would go. As she approaches a street where she will be revealed to all those around she sees a parade coming down the street. Tally grabs a mask from those dropped by a drum machine and puts it on to hide her ugly face.